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Print Media
Print media are lightweight, portable, disposable publications printed on paper and circulated as
physical copies in forms we call books, newspapers, magazines and newsletters.
They hold informative and entertaining content that is of general or special interest. They are
published either once or daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly or quarterly.
Their competitors include electronic, broadcast and Internet media. Today, many books,
newspapers, magazines and newsletters publish digital electronic editions on the Internet.
Books

 Books are the oldest medium of mass communication.

  They are collections of printed pages bound together.
 Their content can be information and/or entertainment.
 Preparation and production of a book can take many months.
 According to Google, there may be 130 million books in circulation.

Newspapers

 Newspapers are collections of printed pages folded together.

 Their content is mostly public affairs and events information reporting with some
entertainment.
 Preparation and production of a newspaper can take hours.
 Tens of thousands of individual newspapers are published.

Magazines

 Magazines are collections of printed pages bound together.

 Their content includes both information and entertainment.
 Preparation and production of a magazine can take many weeks.
 There are some 20,000 different magazines.

Newsletters

 Newsletters are regular publications of only a few folded pages.

 Generally, they address one main topic and are informative or entertaining.
 Newsletters provide information to members, customers, employees and friends of
organizations.
 Preparation and production of a newsletter may require only a few hours.
 There are hundreds of thousands of newsletters.

News Media

 News media are the elements of mass media that bring us reports of current events and
current affairs information.
 They include print media such as newspapers and magazines, and electronic and
broadcast media such as radio and television, websites, blogs, wikis, Facebook pages,
Twitter tweets, and online representations of traditional news media.

Journalism

 Newspapers began as journals, so the industry profession came to be called journalism.

 Journalists intend to inform their target audiences about events, issues and trends.
 The field includes professional specialties such as photojournalism, science journalism,
magazine journalism, broadcast journalism, editing, producing and others.
Non-Print-Media are publications on other carrier media than paper, for example on electronic
data carriers, in which the information is held in various ways (mechanical, electromagnetic,
photochemical). Non-Print-Media includes radio, TV, the Internet, audiobooks and podcasts.

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Authentic materials are print, video, and audio materials students encounter

in their daily lives, such as change-of- address forms, job applications, menus, voice
mail messages, radio programs, and videos.

Authentic text may be thought of as any text that was written and published

for the public. Journal articles, blog posts and novels are just a
few examples. Authentic texts are written for “real world” purposes and audiences: to
entertain, inform, explain, guide, document or convince.

One such term is “authentic text.” Authentic text may be thought of as

any text that was written and published for the public. Journal articles, blog posts and
novels are just a few examples. Authentic texts are written for “real world” purposes
and audiences: to entertain, inform, explain, guide, document or convince.
What is “Authentic Text”? –

Authentic text may be thought of as any text that was written and published for the public.
Journal articles, blog posts and novels are just a few examples. Authentic texts are written for
“real world” purposes and audiences: to entertain, inform, explain, guide, document or convince.

In fact, authentic texts need not even be written words. Audio files, virtual tours,
speeches, blueprints, photos, video clips and other non-written items that can be read or
interpreted are also considered to be text. In contrast, most of what students read in school is
written for the purpose of student instruction at the student’s grade level, and is intended to
provide content in a clear and accessible manner.

Source:google.com (Authentic Text to Deepen Student Learning)